 | Worst aircraft of WW2? (Continued)| Aviation Discuss Worst aircraft of WW2? (Continued) in the World War II - Aviation forums; it was always gonna be replaced by a four engine though, the manchester held little advantages over other 4 engines................. |
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02-08-2005, 12:08 PM
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#91 | | Master of Ewes
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02-08-2005, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese Actually no, the Lancaster was going to have 4 Vultures instead of 4 Merlins, but when they saw their unreliability on the Manchester they were switched.
(See lanc, I DO use your information  ) | No, the Lancaster came about because the designers of the twin-engined Manchester, Avro, got wind that Rolls-Royce was having major problems with their 1,760 h.p. Vulture engines, so as a fail-safe re-designed it with four 1,130 h.p. Merlins instead, this aircraft being known originally as the Avro Manchester Mk III.
They never had any plans to fit four Vultures to it.
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02-15-2005, 10:54 AM
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02-15-2005, 12:13 PM
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#94 | | Master of Ewes
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03-12-2005, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass fairey battle.............. | Come on man , the battle isn't that bad. It may have suffered great losses , but it gave a good account of itself.  | |
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03-12-2005, 10:30 AM
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03-13-2005, 04:49 AM
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03-13-2005, 10:42 AM
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03-13-2005, 11:52 AM
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03-13-2005, 11:54 AM
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03-13-2005, 11:57 AM
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03-13-2005, 11:59 AM
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03-13-2005, 12:00 PM
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03-13-2005, 12:01 PM
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